Wages of Spin: Ivan Yates’ €500-a-pop coaching sessions and Jim Gavin’s abandoned €150k fundraising bid

RTÉ chairman vows to clamp down on conflicts of interest in meeting with Culture MinisterFormer FG minister billed FF almost €10,000 for training in European and general electionsInvoices suggest Micheál Martin did more than one session of debate preparation with Yates

Ivan Yates’ €500-a-pop coaching sessions for FF and Jim Gavin’s abandoned €150,000 fundraising venture

Ivan Yates is blaming the Fianna Fáil rebels for rumbling his role in the Jim Gavin campaign. And the former presidential election candidate himself is about to make his first public appearance since his campaign debacle at a “business summit” next week. But it’s unclear how much money Gavin fundraised for his own election misadventure.

The fallout from the Fianna Fáil presidential election fiasco continues to provide plenty of intrigue.